"Ford Australia concentrated its sales efforts on other UK sourced products namely, the Ford Escort and Ford Cortina sedans. From 1989 to 1994 Ford Australia re-used the Capri name for an unrelated two-door convertible sports car, coded the SA60. The new model was exported to the United States, where it was marketed as the Mercury Capri. A small portion were sold in Australia. Ford of South Africa assembled the Capri from 1970 to late 1972 with a similar model range to the UK. No facelift models or RS variants were marketed in South Africa. The Essex V6 was the most"
"operations. By 1976, when the revised Taunus was launched, the Cortina was identical. The new Taunus/Cortina used the doors and some panels from the 1970 Taunus. It was replaced in 1982 by the Ford Sierra. In Asia and Australasia, it was replaced by the Mazda 626–based Ford Telstar, though Ford New Zealand did import British-made CKD kits of the Ford Sierra estate for local assembly from 1984. The name was inspired by the name of the Italian ski resort Cortina d'Ampezzo, site of the 1956 Winter Olympics. As a publicity stunt, several Cortinas were driven down the bobsled run at"
"Ford Torino The Ford Torino is an automobile that was produced by Ford for the North American market between 1968 and 1976. It was a competitor in the intermediate market segment. The car was named after the city of Turin (""Torino"", in Italian), considered """"the Italian Detroit"""". The Torino was initially an upscale variation of the intermediate sized Ford Fairlane, which Ford produced between 1962 and 1970. After 1968, the ""Fairlane"" name was retained for the base models with lower levels of trim than those models which wore the ""Torino"" name. During this time, the Torino was considered a subseries"
"Lincoln Capri The Lincoln Capri is an automobile that was sold by the Lincoln division of Ford Motor Company from 1952 to 1959. A full-size luxury car, the Lincoln Capri derives its name from an Italian island in the Gulf of Naples. Introduced as a premium trim variant of the two-door Lincoln Cosmopolitan, the Capri was introduced in 1952 as a stand-alone model line serving as the premium Lincoln. With the introduction of the Lincoln Premiere (and Continental), the Capri replaced the Cosmopolitan as the standard Lincoln product line. The Lincoln Capri was produced across three generations; following its withdrawal,"
"name after the Italian island of Capri, dates back to the Lincoln Capri of the 1950s. Ford of Britain also produced a Ford Consul Capri for 1962-1964. The Capri name was later used as a sub-model of the Mercury Comet series for the 1966-1967 model years. The Ford Capri was developed as a ""baby Mustang"" for Ford of Europe, a two-door car with a short trunklid (later hatchback) and a long hood. ""See also Ford Capri"" The first generation of the Capri was a captive import produced by Ford of Europe in Cologne, Germany. Introduced in Europe for 1968 (and"
"Ferrari Portofino The Ferrari Portofino is a grand touring sports car produced by the Italian automotive manufacturer Ferrari. It's a two-door 2+2 hard top convertible. The car is named after the Italian Portofino village and also succeeds the company's previous V8 grand tourer, the California T. The car was unveiled at the 2017 Frankfurt Motor Show. The Ferrari Portofino was unveiled on the Italian Riviera in the village of Portofino at two exclusive evenings on 7 and 8 September 2017, at which Piero Ferrari, Sergio Marchionne, Sebastian Vettel and Giancarlo Fisichella were present. It was also shown at Maranello on"
"first 5 years of ownership. To further worsen the corrosion problems, 1969–1973 Torinos were reported to have severe paint-peeling problems. As a result, Torinos had the lowest resale value of any of the American intermediate cars in the 1970s used-car market. Ford Torino The Ford Torino is an automobile that was produced by Ford for the North American market between 1968 and 1976. It was a competitor in the intermediate market segment. The car was named after the city of Turin (""Torino"", in Italian), considered """"the Italian Detroit"""". The Torino was initially an upscale variation of the intermediate sized Ford"
"in material and workmanship."" Ferrari Portofino The Ferrari Portofino is a grand touring sports car produced by the Italian automotive manufacturer Ferrari. It's a two-door 2+2 hard top convertible. The car is named after the Italian Portofino village and also succeeds the company's previous V8 grand tourer, the California T. The car was unveiled at the 2017 Frankfurt Motor Show. The Ferrari Portofino was unveiled on the Italian Riviera in the village of Portofino at two exclusive evenings on 7 and 8 September 2017, at which Piero Ferrari, Sergio Marchionne, Sebastian Vettel and Giancarlo Fisichella were present. It was also"
"Ford Elite The Ford Elite is a personal luxury car produced by Ford and marketed in North American from February 1974 to 1976, with the name Gran Torino Elite used in the first year. Based on the Torino, the mid-size two-door coupe was intended to be a less expensive Thunderbird alternative to compete with the increasingly popular intermediate personal luxury class of vehicles such as the Chevrolet Monte Carlo, Pontiac Grand Prix, Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme, Buick Regal, Dodge Charger and Chrysler Cordoba. It was essentially the concurrent Mercury Cougar XR-7 with a mild front end restyling to resemble the Thunderbird,"
"mainstream model range. The trend began in Europe and North America (Mustang II, Granada, Capri, Cortina, Escort, and later Fiesta, Sierra, Orion, Scorpio, Mondeo, Focus all had Ghia trim levels), but soon spread worldwide, particularly to the South American (with the Argentinian Ford Falcon and Taunus, the Brazilian Ford Del Rey and versions of Escort, Focus and Mondeo) and Australian markets. One notable exception to this convention was the Scorpio model in the United Kingdom, where it was badged as a Granada Mk.3 – in this case the ""Scorpio"" name was instead used to designate a trim level higher than"
"Ferrari president Luca di Montezemolo, who founded the Future Italy think tank. In February 2011, Ford declared its intention to sue Ferrari over the use of the F150 name, to which Ford owns a trademark. In response, Ferrari began to refer to the car as the ""F150th Italia"", claiming the original F150 moniker was simply an abbreviation. On March 3, Ferrari announced that the name had again been tweaked to ""Ferrari 150° Italia"" (the 150º pronounced as the Italian ordinal ""centocinquantesimo""), and that Ford had withdrawn its legal challenge. When the season began in Australia, many were surprised by Ferrari's"
"Firenza's front end strongly influenced the design of the Arcadipane ""Concorde"" body kit marketed for the Ford Falcon XB, famously portrayed by the Pursuit Special in the Mad Max films. Vauxhall Firenza The Firenza is a model of car offered by Vauxhall from May 1971 until 1975. It was a development of the Viva, but had a distinctive coupé body style (fastback) and only two doors. In South Africa, it was sold as the Chevrolet Firenza until it was replaced by the Chevrolet 1300/1900 during 1975. Its name is derived from ""Firenze"", the name of the Italian city known in"
"for the character Dino in the film """". After the Ferrari 458 Italia had been reported to cost much more in China than the United States, the Chinese Automobile Dealers Association (CADA) began working in conjunction with the National Development and Reform Commission for possible price-fixing, despite automakers' claim of a 24% import tariff, 17% value-added tax, and a consumption tax having been added to the car's price. Ferrari 458 The Ferrari 458 Italia is a mid-engined sports car produced by the Italian sports car manufacturer Ferrari. The 458 replaced the Ferrari F430, and was first officially unveiled at the"
"2016 Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance, a 1936 Astura Pinin Farina Cabriolet once owned by Eric Clapton won both the Best of Show award and the Gwenn Graham Most Elegant Convertible award. Lancia Astura The Lancia Astura is a passenger car produced by Italian automobile manufacturer Lancia between 1931 and 1939. Lancia replaced the Lambda model with two models: the four-cylinder Artena and the larger, V8-powered Astura. Both of these models were introduced at the Paris Motor Show in 1931. The Astura chassis was used by various coachbuilders to create coupes, convertibles and sedans. The Astura evolved over four series: First-"
"sales for the company. In retrospect, the Italia was one of the ""disasters"" for the automaker, but represented ""typical product development in the automobile industry"" at the time. The Italia's massive grille design was later adapted on the 1956 Hudson that introduced after the merger of the two companies. Automobile collector, Gordon Apker, described the Italia’s looks: ""it's the 50s; it's Flash Gordon, it's Italian drama on an American platform."" The Hudson Italia was similar to the concept developed by Ford for its original Mustang, as it was ""a small, sporty, eye-catching coupe that fairly bristled with styling innovations. The"
"Ford Fairlane (Americas) The Ford Fairlane is an automobile model that was sold between 1955 and 1970 by Ford in North America. The name is derived from Henry Ford's estate, ""Fair Lane"", near Dearborn, Michigan. Over time, the name referred to a number of different cars in different classes; the Fairlane was initially a full-sized car, but became a mid-sized car from the 1962 model year. The mid-sized model spawned the Australian-built Fairlane in 1967, although in that market it was considered a large car. For the 1955 model year the Fairlane name replaced the Crestline as Ford's premier full-sized"
"touring models were provided by Fiat, a small but wealthy market segment allowed for the manufacture of a limited number of high-performance models directly allied to contemporary Grand Prix machines. Enzo Ferrari's 1948 166 S was the subject of simple coachwork by Carlo Anderloni of Carrozzeria Touring, called """"Barchetta"""" or ""Little Boat"". In 2017 a 1950 166MM ""barchetta"" was reported to be up for auction at an expected price of USD $10.4 million. A new concept altogether was the modern ""Gran Turismo"" class from Italy, which was in effect unknown before the war: sustained high speed motoring from relatively modest"
"Car"" at the 2014 Concorso d'Eleganza Villa d'Este was priced at €575,000. Hudson Italia The Hudson Italia is an automobile styling study and a limited production two-door compact coupé that was produced by the Hudson Motor Car Company of Detroit, Michigan, in cooperation with Carrozzeria Touring of Italy, and subsequently marketed by American Motors Corporation during the 1954 and 1955 model years. Designed by Frank Spring with input from Carlo Felice Bianchi Anderloni of Carrozzeria Touring, and introduced 14 January 1954, the Italia was based on the Hudson Jet platform and running gear, but with a unique body and interior."
"was taken. Alonso won further races at Monza, Singapore and the inaugural race in Korea as he finished the season second to Sebastian Vettel. Ferrari launched its 2011 car, the Ferrari 150° Italia in January 2011, with Ford declaring intentions to sue over the use of the F150 name – under which the car had been launched – Ferrari began referring to the car as the ""F150th Italia"". In March 2011, the car's name was changed again to ""150º Italia"", with the Italian language ordinal indicator º being used to replace the English language -th. Ford and Ferrari also settled"
"Opel Ascona The Opel Ascona was a large family car (D-segment in Europe) produced by the German automaker Opel from 1970 to 1988. It was produced in three separate generations, beginning with rear-wheel-drive and ending up as a front-wheel drive J-car derivative. The Ascona took its name from the lakeside resort of that name in Ticino, Switzerland, and already in the 1950s a special edition of the Opel Rekord P1 was sold as an Opel Ascona in Switzerland, where the name was again used in 1968 for a locally adapted version of the Opel Kadett B into which the manufacturers"
"was the name of the Swiss assembled Rekord. It was badged as the ""Opel Rekord Ascona"", after the resort on the Ticinese north shore of Lake Maggiore. The Ascona name would reappear just over ten years later on a new volume model introduced as Opel's answer to the Fords Taunus and Cortina. The Rekord P1 was also assembled (like its successor) at the General Motors plant in South Africa: here the steering wheel had to be positioned on the right side of the car. A special pickup truck version was also produced for the local market. A few of these"
"ordered Ford to avoid the name ""Focus"" for the cars in the German market since the name was already taken by one of its magazines (""Focus""). This eleventh-hour dispute was resolved, however, and the car was launched with the name ""Focus"". The Focus MK1 was awarded the 1999 European Car of the Year award. The ""Fusion"" name was eventually used on two different vehicle families - a utility version of the Fiesta in Europe, and on a mid-size sedan model in North America. The project manager for the Ford Focus at Dunton was Rose Mary Farenden. Ford of North America"
"which the public had a chance to name the car. The winner from each country could win an Alfa Romeo Spider or an Alfa Romeo mountain bike. The winning name was ""Furiosa"", which scored well in Italy, France, United Kingdom and Germany, but not in Spain. However, on March 14, 2008, Alfa Romeo announced officially that the name would instead be ""MiTo"", an abbreviation of the cities Milano (Milan) & Torino (Turin), because it was designed in the former and was to be assembled in the latter; the name is also a play on the Italian word ""mito"", meaning ""mythical"""
"Cortina has a temporary population of around 50,000 during peak periods such as the Christmas holidays and mid-August. The Ford Cortina, the UK's best-selling car of the 1970s, was named after Cortina d'Ampezzo. The town voted in October 2007 to secede from the region of Veneto and join the neighbouring region, Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol. This was motivated by improved cultural ties with the small Ladin-speaking community in South Tyrol and the attraction of lower taxes. The referendum is not executive and a final decision on the matter can only be taken by law of the Italian parliament with consent of both"
"Touring Origination"". The name recalls the Galant FTO coupé of 1971, one of the company's first sports cars. Prior to the arrival of the 1994 front-wheel drive FTO, which inherited the 'FTO' tag, was the Mitsubishi Galant Coupé FTO. A rear-wheel drive coupe produced by Japanese automaker Mitsubishi Motors from November 1971 to March 1975.[1] ""FTO"" was meant to stand for Fresco Turismo Omologato, in a fine example of Japanese Italian (or 'Fresh Touring Origination' in English). This compact Coupé FTO can effectively be seen as a replacement for the earlier Mitsubishi Colt 11-F Super Sports. The Galant FTO was"
"Ford Escort (Europe) The Ford Escort is a small family car which was manufactured by Ford Europe from 1968 to 2004. The Ford Escort name was also applied to several different small cars produced in North America by Ford between 1981 and 2003. In 2014, Ford revived the Escort name for a car based on the second-generation Ford Focus sold on the Chinese market. The first use of the ""Ford Escort"" name was for a reduced specification version of the Ford Squire, a 1950s estate car version of the British Ford Anglia 100E. The Mark I Ford Escort was introduced"
"headlights were replaced with larger circular ones, with the front indicators being moved into the bumper to accommodate the change. For the 1979 auto show season, Ford in conjunction with its Ghia Operations in Turin, Italy, produced the Ford Fiesta Tuareg off-road car. It was touted in press materials as ""a concept vehicle designed and equipped for practical, off-road recreational use."" Minor revisions appeared across the range in late 1981, with larger bumpers to meet crash worthiness regulations and other small improvements in a bid to maintain showroom appeal ahead of the forthcoming second generation. The Fiesta Mark II appeared"
"was designed and rebadged by Ford of Europe alongside the largely identical European-market Ford Kuga. It was released to North American markets in 2012 for the 2013 model year. Other markets that previously used the ""Escape"" nameplate have switched to ""Kuga"" under the One Ford program. Ford Escape The Ford Escape is a compact crossover vehicle sold by Ford since 2000 over three generations. Ford released the original model in 2000 for the 2001 model year—a model jointly developed and released with Mazda of Japan—who took a lead in the engineering of the two models and sold their version as"
"Ford Sierra The Ford Sierra is a mid-size car or large family car that was built by Ford Europe from 1982 to 1993. It was designed by Uwe Bahnsen, Robert Lutz and Patrick le Quément. The code used during development was ""Project Toni"" Its name came from the Spanish word for mountain range. The Ford Sierra was first unveiled on 22 September 1982 at the British International Motor Show hosted at the NEC in Birmingham. with sales beginning on 15 October 1982, replacing the Ford Cortina. Its aerodynamic styling was ahead of its time and as such, many conservative buyers"
"manufacturers. Amongst them were 850, Samantha, Eveline and the Vignale Gamine, based on the Fiat 500. A close cooperation was maintained with Giovanni Michelotti. Vignale was taken over by De Tomaso in 1969 who already owned Carrozzeria Ghia. Shortly after selling, Alfredo Vignale died in a car crash. Both coachbuilder firms were sold to Ford in 1973 but the Vignale brand was discontinued. At the 1993 Geneva Motor Show, Aston Martin, at the time owned by Ford, produced a concept car called Lagonda Vignale. Ford then used the Vignale name in the Ford Focus Vignale concept car introduced at the"
"Ferrari 599 The Ferrari 599 GTB Fiorano (internal code F141) is an Italian grand tourer produced by Ferrari. It was the brand's front engined, two-seat flagship, replacing the 575M Maranello in 2006 as a 2007 model, and was replaced for the 2013 model year by the F12berlinetta. Styled by Pininfarina under the direction of Ferrari's Ken Okuyama, the 599 GTB debuted at the Geneva Motor Show in February 2006. The bodywork features optimized aerodynamics with distinct sail panels flanking the rear window, directing and maximizing air flow to a linear rear nolder. The ""599"" is named for its total engine"
"With a quoted performance of in 9.3 seconds and top speed, the XR2 hot hatch became a cult car beloved of boy racers throughout the 1980s. For the 1979 auto show season, Ford in conjunction with its Ghia Operations in Turin, Italy, produced the Ford Fiesta Tuareg off-road car. It was touted in press materials as ""a concept vehicle designed and equipped for practical, off-road recreational use."" Minor revisions appeared across the range in late 1981, with larger bumpers to meet crash worthiness regulations and other small improvements in a bid to maintain showroom appeal ahead of the forthcoming second"
"power reserve due to uses of 11 barrels. The more barrels it has, the more it can lengthen the power reserve, but it is usually used to increase precision. LaFerrari The LaFerrari, project name F150 (also unofficially referred to as the Ferrari LaFerrari or Ferrari F70) is a limited production hybrid sports car built by Italian automotive manufactuter Ferrari. LaFerrari literally means ""The Ferrari"" in Italian and in some other Romance languages, in this context in the sense that it is the ""definitive"" Ferrari. LaFerrari Concept Manta and LaFerrari Concept Tensostruttura were unveiled at the Ferrari Museum in Maranello and"